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379:94°17′36″W
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339:Sioux City
318:Des Moines
310:Fort Dodge
306:Des Moines
268:feature ID
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1471:Footnotes
1401:Coalville
1260:Townships
1232:Stratford
1176:Callender
890:April 23,
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718:Education
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365:Geography
278:Callender
256:FIPS code
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648:Source:
358:New York
343:muskrats
260:19-09955
232:ZIP code
1378:Webster
1333:Johnson
1328:Jackson
1308:Elkhorn
1303:Douglas
1238:Vincent
945:June 4,
920:May 11,
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692:At the
670:At the
618:Source:
457:+698.0%
335:Pompeii
296:History
271:0455056
133:Webster
88:Country
1444:Slifer
1439:Roelyn
1424:Lanyon
1363:Sumner
1358:Roland
1343:Newark
1323:Hardin
1318:Gowrie
1313:Fulton
1293:Dayton
1288:Cooper
1283:Colfax
1268:Badger
1217:Lehigh
1207:Gowrie
1186:Dayton
1171:Barnum
1166:Badger
1158:Cities
754:Lanyon
746:Gowrie
600:−11.3%
587:+10.4%
574:−13.9%
548:+17.6%
483:+17.1%
470:−19.5%
314:Keokuk
128:County
118:
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1181:Clare
993:(PDF)
643:(PDF)
613:−2.1%
561:+5.9%
535:−7.5%
522:+2.7%
509:+8.0%
496:−7.2%
237:50523
226:(CDT)
224:UTC-5
203:UTC-6
108:State
1462:Judd
1383:Yell
1348:Otho
1278:Clay
1227:Otho
1084:2023
1004:2023
976:2008
947:2015
922:2012
892:2011
837:2021
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593:2010
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567:1990
554:1980
541:1970
528:1960
515:1950
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489:1930
476:1920
463:1910
450:1900
437:1880
425:Pop.
421:Year
320:and
308:and
286:Iowa
266:GNIS
139:Area
121:Iowa
33:City
1393:CDP
1051:."
1027:."
610:368
597:376
584:424
571:384
558:446
545:421
532:358
519:387
506:377
493:349
480:376
467:321
454:399
249:515
217:DST
184:368
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